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It makes sense to say that some early Cromagnons had better
understanding of horses than others. There could have been symbiotic episodes
throughout the unwritten history between the two species. Because seeing is
believing, we'll have a look at a couple of images: the Athena engraving from La
Marche, and the Reptile Horseman from Les Trois Freres. These engravings are so complex that there is no satisfactory breakdown of them into sub-images, yet. To unravel some more meaning from the engravings, one can cut out segments,and present them to a group of testers for a kind of a Rorschach test . What if the test results indicate universal association of a
given section with one subject, a figure, or even a scene? A question arises - Is
this area of the image a valid sub-image? After all, it is the opposite of an
ink-blot, in which no two people see the same.
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When in the below commonly accepted orientation, Athena's
figure can be interpreted as a standing figure, with or without a backpack. As well, in the orientation above, the girl in a flowing robe stands with her back arched, the face tilted up, her gaze fixed firmly on the zenith, arms raised as if holding out some object to the heavens. ![]() |
The gif contains three main geometric objects, whose centers
are on the same axis - the ochre prism, or hourglass within the Cone's
top circle, the green - light blue square, and the blue lens. The inner
torso lines create an entire system (Pyrostar) based on the Golden
Section - Fire & Water The standard pose of Athena may show her sitting by a fire off to her right. There, we see a simple flame-like symbol. It consists of an open outside line - the outline of a flame, and a nucleus, which looks like a water droplet falling in opposite direction to the fire. Interesting symbol, to say the least... Athena holds her legs in a manner typical for a rider balanced in the stirrups of a galloping horse. The trailing lines behind the girl's back could symbolize fluttering cape, as she rides like the wind. |
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Coloring gives us a clear picture of a heeled
boot
on Athena's left leg - an item all historians would decry as
technologically impossible at
that time. This heeled boot seems to have a spur, as well. Finally, we
see a very long dagger, or a short sword probably in a sheath clipped
onto the boot. Time to reminesce that the Reptile Horseman image has a
similar motif..
The Stealth" Horse People see either a horse, or a donkey in this figure
(colored
brown) - depending on, how they interpret the ears. No one has spotted
the same animal within the complete engraving, because its lines
"belong" to its human figure. Such componentability of elements is the engraving's
general
rule. Athena's oneness with the horse lends itself to various symbolic
interpretations. For instance, the sharing of jaws could imply some
* Footnote ( The Warlike Goddess ) |
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